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bi·og·ra·pher (bī äg′rə fər; also bē-)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- authorize: The first is the working archive of Peter Conradi, Iris Murdoch's authorized Biographer.
Converse of subject
- describe: John is described by one biographer as a " jovial opportunist with absolutely no money sense " .
Adjective modifier
- acclaimed: For Peter Conradi, writer, academic, acclaimed biographer of Iris Murdoch, the moment came in 1982.
Modifies a noun
- record: Her biographer records that the Old Rectory, owned by Rev Edwin Luard, was Georgian with a separate wing known as The Glebe.
Noun used with modifier
- official: This week the celebrated official biographer of Shaw, Michael Holroyd expressed his sadness at Mr Chappelow's " tragic end " .
Possessives
- tale: Admirers and critics speculate October 2004 The biographer's tale Andrew Adonis In 1994 I asked Roy Jenkins if I could write his biography.
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The primary duty of a serious biographer is to illuminate hissubject'slife work, nottoplay thespy inhisbedroom.
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